CAUTION: READ FULL TEXT OF SECTION FOR SPECIAL NOTE

** SPECIAL NOTE: EFFECTIVE - JULY 1, 2006 - CHAPTER 203 - 2003 **

      (a)      There shall be included in each State budget an appropriation to the Department of General Services in the total amount necessary to pay rent directly to counties for space occupied in county facilities by clerks of the circuit courts, as provided in this section.

      (b)      To the extent provided in the State budget the rent shall be calculated per net usable square foot, with no additional reimbursement of maintenance and utility cost:

            (1)      For fiscal year 2007, at a rate not to exceed $2.50;

            (2)      For fiscal year 2008, at a rate not to exceed $5.00; and

            (3)      For fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, at a rate of $10.

      (c)      Unless the Administrative Office of the Courts and a county agree otherwise, the county may not decrease the net usable square footage allocated to the clerk of the circuit court for the county below the net usable square footage allotted for fiscal year 2002.